The Dubliner, who is currently recording a 'break-up' record after splitting with Darrel Higham last year, says the U2 frontman has been a "mentor" and told her it could be a "game changer" - which became the title of a new song.

The Liberties native, 41, told The Irish Sun: "“The album is about my life and what I’ve experienced recently.

"The songs are more honest than anything before. I’ve gone through friendship, divorce, falling in love again, falling out of love again.

"I’ve had a rollercoaster year and I am still in the middle of it.

"He (Bono) told me if you get this record right it will be a game changer and that became a song, Game Changer.

"Bono has been like a mentor with this record. So he’s been hounding (producer) T Bone about me."

Darrel Higham quit Imelda's band when they split in 2015, after 13 years of marriage.

The pair met in 1997 when Imelda was just 22 and they had their first child - daughter Violet - in August 2012.

The couple struggled for years to get their careers off the ground, with both working in different bands.

It wasn’t until the talented musician, real name Imelda Mary Clabby, appeared on Jools Holland in 2008 that she became a household name.